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MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

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Case Number:

2:12-md-02323

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

ANITA B. BRODY

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  1. January 22, 2018

    Riddell Slams Hundreds Of Remand Bids In Concussion MDL

    Football players who took their concussion claims against Riddell and the National Football League to federal court can't backtrack and send their cases to state court, the helmet maker argued Friday, urging a Pennsylvania federal court to deny the nearly 700 remand motions before it.

  2. January 19, 2018

    Expert Ups Suggested Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal

    A court-appointed expert brought in to address several questions surrounding attorneys' fees in the uncapped NFL concussion settlement updated his recommendations on Friday, telling a Pennsylvania federal court that additional information from class counsel convinced him to raise the cap from 15 percent to 22 percent.

  3. January 03, 2018

    NFLers' Attys Seek Changes To Concussion Deal Fee Payouts

    A law firm representing individual class members in the NFL concussion litigation urged a Pennsylvania federal judge and a fee expert to adjust findings related to an uncapped settlement between the football league and players, saying Wednesday that some cases deserve greater compensation.

  4. December 20, 2017

    NFL Concussion Suit Fee Expert Must Be Deposed, Court Told

    A group of firms representing individual class members in the NFL concussion suit asked a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to allow them to depose Harvard Law School professor William B. Rubenstein, telling the court that it's unfair to limit response to expert testimony that recommends capping the potential fee awards.

  5. December 12, 2017

    Expert Urges Contingency Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal

    A court-appointed expert brought in to address several questions surrounding attorneys' fees payouts in the uncapped NFL concussion settlement recommended Monday that the Pennsylvania federal court overseeing the settlement should cap contingency fees for individual attorneys at 15 percent and scrap another request to set aside 5 percent of settlement awards to compensate future work in administering the settlement.

  6. December 06, 2017

    Ex-NFLers Can't Stop Changes To Concussion Claims Process

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider his previous decision to approve a claims administrator's changes in the way a National Football League players' brain injury settlement was implemented.

  7. November 17, 2017

    Claims Servicer Fights To Manage NFL Concussion Awards

    A claims management service assisting former NFL players with a settlement in multidistrict litigation over brain injuries urged a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday to allow the ex-players to pay a portion of their awards to third-party lenders and claims services providers, saying the court lacks jurisdiction over the nonparties.

  8. November 14, 2017

    Ex-NFLers Fight Changes To Brain-Injury Claims Process

    Former NFL players urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Monday to overturn, in light of new evidence, a claims administrator's changes to how claims are processed under a settlement agreement for brain injuries in multidistrict litigation.

  9. November 03, 2017

    Ex-NFLers Can't Circumvent Claims Settlement Administrator

    A Pennsylvania federal judge Friday scolded former National Football League players for accusing the claims administrator, BrownGreer PLC, of missteps in its implementation of a 2015 settlement agreement from multidistrict litigation over football-related brain injuries, telling them to appeal the decisions and not to bring their grievances before the court.

  10. October 16, 2017

    NFL Concussion Deal Proceeds Can't Be Sold Off, Court Told

    Class counsel in multidistrict National Football League concussion litigation on Friday urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to rule that an uncapped settlement agreement prohibits players from assigning their payouts to a third party, hitting back at claims by a settlement advance firm accused of scamming NFL retirees with high-cost loans.